{"product_id":"barred-why-the-innocent-cant-get-out-of-prison-9781541675919","title":"Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking exposé of how our legal system makes it nearly impossible to overturn wrongful convictions \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThousands of innocent people are behind bars in the United States. But proving their innocence and winning their release is nearly impossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Barred\u003c\/i\u003e, legal scholar Daniel S. Medwed argues that our justice system's stringent procedural rules are largely to blame for the ongoing punishment of the innocent. Those rules guarantee criminal defendants just one opportunity to appeal their convictions directly to a higher court. Afterward, the wrongfully convicted can pursue only a few narrow remedies. Even when there is strong evidence of a miscarriage of justice, rigid guidelines, bias, and deference toward lower courts all too often prevent exoneration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering clear explanations of legal procedures alongside heart-wrenching stories of their devastating impact, \u003ci\u003eBarred \u003c\/i\u003eexposes how the system is stacked against the innocent and makes a powerful call for change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541675919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Daniel S. Medwed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42303942688949,"sku":"9781541675919","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fd269e40-5c83-4dd2-9aa6-5948b0330786.jpg?v=1658843775","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/barred-why-the-innocent-cant-get-out-of-prison-9781541675919","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}